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At present, the Environmental Studies Program at Loyola University is an approved interdisciplinary minor. The curriculum of the Environmental Studies Program is designed to provide students will a broad exposure to different perspectives on understanding environmental issues. At the same time, we have attempted to make the minor as flexible as possible.

The following events were sponsored or hosted by Environmental Studies Faculty.

  • January 18-19th, 2007 . Thriving Through Creative Connections: How Change Really Happens?  Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley will present and facilitate two programs -- a lecture on the evening of January 18th and half day workshop on January 19th.  She is known for her path-breaking book, Leadership and the New Science (see -- http://www.margaretwheatley.com/).   One of her main premises is that we have structured many of our organizations mechanistically, based on a Newtonian science, and that are more harmonious ways to organize human energies, if we would but draw from newer understandings of how the universe works.  She draws from chaos theory, ecosystems, fractals, and quantum metaphors to expand possibilities for organizational life in the future.  The Jan. 18th lecture, Thriving Through Creative Connections begins at 7 pm in Nunemaker Hall, the Jan. 19th workshop is 8:30 to noon in the Danna Center.  Both events are free and open to the public, but the workshop has limited space and requires registions.  See http://lim.loyno.edu/wheatley/ for additional information and registration for the workshop.  Dr. Wheatley's visit is sponsored by LIM, the College of Business and other organizations, for more information contact Dr. Barabara Fleischer (fleische@loyno.edu).  Jan. 18th lecture, 7 pm, Nunemaker Hall, Jan. 19th workshop, 8:30 am, St. Charles Room, Danna Center .
  • August 25-26, 2006 . Conference on Katrina Consequences: What Has the Government Learned One Year Later?  One year after Katrina, what progress has been made toward protecting New Orleans from future hurricanes? What must be done to restore the health of Gulf Coast wetlands so that they can protect New Orleans in the future? These and other questions will be the subject of a two-day conference in New Orleans, sponsored by the Center for Progressive Reform and Loyola’s Center for Environmental Law and Land Use on August 25 and 26. The conference is organized by Loyola University New Orleans Professor of Law Robert R.M. Verchick, a member of the board of the Center for Progressive Reform. Begins Friday at 8:30 am in Law School Room 308

  • October 10th, 2006 .  Biological Sciences Research Seminar.  Dr. Jeffery Chambers, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University will present a lecture entitled “ Wind driven tree mortality impacts on forest structure and functioning in the Amazon and Gulf Coast .”  For more inforamation contact David White, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2770 or by email at dawhite@loyno.edu.  Thursday at12:30 pm, Monroe Hall 157. 

  • October 18th, 2006 . 2nd Walter Moore Lecture in Ecology.  Dr. David R. Patterson, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, will deliver the 2nd Annual Walter Moore Lecture in Ecology titled "New taxonomically intelligent tools for biology on the internet."  Dr. David J. Patterson is an internationally respected scholar on microbial biodiversity. During his career Dr. Patterson has embraced each new technology that has arrived and quickly understood the problems with accessing the rapidly developing information base on microbes for educators and researchers. Consequently, he has set out to make this information accessible and understandable via his web-based bioinformatics resource, micro*scope. For more inforamation contact James Wee, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2548 or by email at wee@loyno.edu.  Wednesday at 7:00 pm, Monroe Hall 157. 
  • October 26th, 2006. Riding the Wind: Liberation Ecology for the Twenty-first Century. A lecture by Ecological Philosopher, Peter Marshall. Peter Marshall is a philosopher, historian, biographer, poet and travel writer who has written fourteen highly acclaimed books that have been translated into ten languages. An occasional broadcaster, his circumnavigation of Africa was made into a six-part television series and his voyage around Ireland into a radio series. Marshall’s wide-ranging works include Nature’s Web, a comprehensive survey of ecological thought from the ancient world to the present, and Riding the Wind, a statement of his own ecological philosophy and vision of a society in harmony with nature. His presentation at Loyola will be based on the ideas developed in the latter work. Peter Marshall continues to travel widely throughout the world. Recently he has been sailing the Aegean working on his current project, “Know Thyself: A Philosophical Journey around the Aegean. This event is part of the Biever Guest Lectures Series and is sponsored by the Department of Humanities, the Department of Philosophy, and the Loyola Environmental Studies Program. For further information, please contact Prof. John Clark at 865-2790 or clark@loyno.edu.
  • October 27-30, 2006 . Conference on HUMANITY AND THE EARTH/L’HOMME ET LA TERRE: THE LEGACY OF ELISEE RECLUS (1830-1905).    This three-day conference brings international scholars to campus to discuss the work of French geographer and philosopher Elisée Reclus and the political, geographical, ethical and and artistic implications of that work today.  Begins Friday at 7:30 pm in Octavia Rooms of Danna Center.  For an outline of the program see this link Elisee Reclus conference.  This event is sponsored by the Department of Humanities, the Department of Philosophy, and the Loyola Environmental Studies Program.  For further information, please contact Prof. John Clark at 865-2790 or clark@loyno.edu.

  • November 14th, 2006 .  Biological Sciences Research Seminar.  Dr. David Millie, Florida Institute of Oceanography, St. Petersburg, Florida, will present a lecture entitled “ Phytoplankton as Ecological Sentinels: Characterizing the Influences of Environmental Forcing within Great Lakes Coastal Systems.”  For more inforamation contact David White, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2770 or by email at dawhite@loyno.edu.  Thursday at12:30 pm, Monroe Hall 157. 

  • December 5th , 2006 .  Biological Sciences Research Seminar.  Dr. Eugene Turner, Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, will present a lecture entitled “ Linking Landscape and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200 years.”  Dr. Turner has been at the center of research on restoring coastal Louisiana for the past 20 years. For more inforamation contact David White, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2770 or by email at dawhite@loyno.edu.  Thursday at12:30 pm, Monroe Hall 157.

  • March 3, 2005 .  Jacqueline Bishop will present a lecture on " Chico Mendes & the Amazon Rainforest" , Thursday at 7:45 PM in Bobet Hall 216 at Loyola. Her lecture will be illustrated with slides of the Amazon rainforest, the ecological devastation taking place, the life and death of Chico Mendes, the martyred leader of the movement to protect the forest, and her own paintings that depict these themes. The lecture will be presented in connection with the courses "Art and Environment" and "Environmental Ethics," but are open to anyone interested the topic. For information, please call John Clark at 861-8832 or (clark@loyno.edu) 

  • March 10, 2005.  -- FILM- The End of Suburbia: Oil Deletion and the Collapse of the American Dream.   A film discussing development of suburbia since World World II.  But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary. Sponsored by the Loyola Environmental Studies Program and the City College Department of Humanities.  For more information contact John Clark (clark@loyno.edu)  Multimedia Room #2, Monroe Library, 7:30 pm. 
  • March 17, 2005.  Inaugural Walter Moore Lecture in Ecology.  Dr. Michael R. Willig, Division Director of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation will deliver the inaugural Walter Moore Lecture in Ecology titled "Biodiversity in a Changing World: Pattern, Process, & Preservation."  Dr. Willig is Director of the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation and is an internationally renowned scholar in the ecological sciences.  His field work has been centered in the New World Tropics - in Brazil, Paraguay, and the Caribbean (especially Puerto Rico). For more inforamation contact Craig Hood, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2193 or by email at chood@loyno.edu.  Thursday at 7:00 pm, Monroe Hall 157. 
  • April 14, 2005.  Dr. Howard Mielke of Xavier University will speak on "Will America Slip from #1? A Toxicologist's Point of View" . Dr. Howard Mielke is a nationally-recognized authority on the problem of lead and other toxic substances in the environment.  Dr. Mielke notes that the US has looming problems, including a deplorable record in secondary education.  It has been estimated that of the students who reach high school, one-third drop out and another one-third graduate but are not prepared for college or future employment. His presentation focuses on the neurotoxic substances lead, mercury and fluorine that have been promoted and sold in large quantities and are widely distributed in the environment. It explores the possibility of a neurotoxicological basis for the current educational deficiencies in the US . Dr. Mielke's presentation is given in connection with the course "Environmental Ethics," which is part of the Loyola Environmental Studies Program.  It is free and open to the Loyola community and the general public. Thursday at 7:30 pm, BOBET 212. For more information contact, Dr. John Clark, clark@loyno.edu
  • April 16, 2005.  15th Annual SE Ecology & Evolution Group Lecture.   Dr. Robert Paine will deliver a lecture titled "The connudrum of alternative states in deterministic rocky shore systems, and are they stable?."   Dr. Paine is a member of National Academy of Sciences and is an internationally renowned scholar in the ecological sciences.   His research interests broadly span the fields of ecology and conservation biology.   His studies have focused on understanding community ecology of Pacific Coast rocky intertidal organisms, especially how they interact with one another and respond to environmental challenges.  More recently, Dr. Paine has become a player in a conservation controversy involving the salmon fisheries of the Pacific Northwest For more inforamation contact David White, Dept. of Biological Sciences at (504) 865-2770 or by email at dawhite@loyno.edu .  Saturday at 11:00 am Miller Hall 114.
  • Gaia Fest.  Come celebrate the 35th annual Earth Day with LUCAP's Environmental Action Program!  Surprisingly, this is one of the only Earth Day celebrations in New Orleans!  We will be eating delicious home-made food; drinking alternative beverages; dancing to live music; perusing the tables of SPCA, Bucket Brigade, The New Orleans Food Co-op, and many other organizations; putting on an elementary production of the Dr. Seuss's famed book, "The Lorax", selling all-natural soaps and hand-made necklaces, painting faces, and listening to speakers, including prominent environmentalist Willy Fontenot!  Also, please bring a cup and a plate if you have one handy, as we want to keep waste to a minimum. Friday, April 22nd Peace Quad 3-6pm
  • The Spring Frog Walk -- APRIL 27th  Our annual major field trip of the Spring semester is the FROG WALK. Walk with Dr. Bob Thomas through Jean Lafitte National Park at night and hear thousands of frogs and toads calling out for their mates. Our local National Park is home to dozens of species and "Dr. Bob" is one of the foremost herpetologists of our area.  Vans depart by 7:00 pm behind Buddig Hall (by the vans) and return to campus by 11:00 pm. For more information visit this WEBLINK, of contact Bob Thomas (rathomas@loyno.edu)
  • September 23, 2004 -- Environmental Studies Social/Get together.
    Please stop by MONROE 368, to meet and greet the Environmental Studies faculty and students.  We'll have some light refreshments -- it's informal so please just drop in!  For more information contact Dr, David A. White (dawhite@loyno.edu)  Monroe Hall 368, 4:00 to 5:30pm.
  • September 28, 2004 -- Biological Sciences Research Seminar
    A lecture entitled -- Ecology of a fragmented landscape: mammalian biodiversity of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park by Craig Hood, Loyola University, Dept. Biological Sciences. For more information contact (dawhite@loyno.edu)  Monroe Hall 157, 12:30 pm.
  • September 30, 2004 -- Environmental Law Lecture
    A lecture entitled -- "Environmental Law in Costa Rica: The Effect of Banana Cultivation" by Rafael Gonzalez Ballar, Law School at the University of Costa Rica.  Rafael Gonzalez Ballar was recently appointed Adjunct Magistrate Judge to the Supreme Court and is the Dean of the Law School at the University of Costa Rica. An attorney with emphasis in environmental and administrative law, he is the author of books and monographs in national and international magazines about environmental topics and is an international researcher, consultant and lecturer.  For more information contact Dr. Rob Verchick (verchick@loyno.edu)  Gisevius Moot Court Room 308, 2:00 pm.
  • October 19, 2004 (and month of October).   ENVA faculty Drs. Craig Hood and Bob Thomas are part of a community collaborative -- Art Works for the Earth -- that that has developed a series of events (art/science exhibition, panel disscussions) to raise public awareness of environmental issues in this national election year where "the environment" is likely to be a forgotten topic of debate.  On October 19th, a panel discussion will present the perspectives of artists and scientists on environmental issues.   Click here for more details -- ArtWorksForEarth Project.
  • October 22, 2004 -- Fall Canoe Trip -- Webpage for details
    Our annual major field trip of the Fall semester. An event and experience not to be missed. Watch here for details as they are the trip plans are finalized !!!
  • November 4, 2004 -- Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time (an award-winning film). Monroe Library, Loyola University Seminar Room 4, 7:30 PM.
  • November 30, 2004 -- Biological Sciences Research Seminar
    A lecture entitled -- Restoration and habitat management in the Lower Mississippi River alluvial valley: issues and opportunities by Sammy King, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge. For more information contact Dr. David A. White (dawhite@loyno.edu)   Monroe Hall 157, 12:30 pm.
  • November 30, 2004-- POPULAR EDUCATION THEATER
    Interactive popular education theater with art/visuals and will be used to explain the New Radicalism and some of the ideas in Globalize Liberation and to stimulate discussion on these ideas. Danna Center - Octavia I, 7:30PM

Updated October 4, 2007